Thursday, April 17, 2008

Police Seize Fake Goods Worth Millions

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: April 17, 2008

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — More than 20,000 pairs of counterfeit Nike sneakers, as well as fake batteries, baseball caps and Louis Vuitton handbags, were among $25 million in goods seized in raids in New York City, on Long Island and in New Jersey, the authorities said on Wednesday.

Two men, called “midlevel warehouse runners,” were arrested this month on federal counterfeiting charges. The arrests followed a six-month investigation involving local police and federal prosecutors working with immigration and customs officials, among others.

The authorities said they believed the goods were sold at flea markets, street fairs and other places in the region. They added that they were still investigating the operation, which they said they believed had links to China. The police said they seized records of money transferred to banks in China.

Warehouse raids in Edison, N.J.; Long Island City, Queens; and New Hyde Park on Long Island uncovered stacks of boxes filled with sneakers, handbags, hats and other clothing, including dozens of boxes of fake Timberland boots, law enforcement officials said.

Also found were generic batteries with brand-name logos like Duracell and Panasonic, the authorities said, adding that they had also seized printing and other equipment used to make and stamp fake logos on the items.

One of the men charged, Jin Ming Yu, 43, of Woodside, Queens, was being held without bail. The second man, Feng Ye, 44, of Corona, Queens, was released on a $250,000 personal recognizance bond. His lawyer, Hugh H. Mo, said he was studying the allegations and declined to comment on the charges.

The authorities said the men were not considered the ringleaders of the operation, but said there was evidence that one of them had transferred money to China.

”Several other people are being sought,” said Detective Sgt. Pat Ryder of Nassau County.

The point is that immigrants bring the less desirable aspects of their culture with them as often as they bring the more desirable ones. But to hear white liberals who live in condos among other white liberals talk about them, they have no faults. Immigrant shit stinks just like ours does, folks.

NO, I think he actually meant Belleview. That is probably the name of one of these new "luxury condo" buildings going up in LIC/Astoria. That is probably their catchy advertising slogan to all the yupps, "Are you ready for the next level of luxury living in what was formally a real neighborhood, but is now a cesspool of towering monstrosities with no supermarkets?? Then, Belleview is calling!"

I believe Queens Crap moved to a system where posts are not approved in advance by the Crapper so that we would not have to be held accountable for the racist rants that he has been explicitly approving over the years. Now he can sit back and throw up his arms and say boys will be boys. The hidden agenda that the Crapper has is pro-white anti-immigration.

There are fairly "secure, stable multiethnic/multiracial" societies out there besides the U.S. - Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, Belgium and Switzerland all come to mind offhand.

I think this blog is great but I have to wince when some of the know-nothing immigrant-bashers come out in the comments section. Can't we criticize individuals and groups for their actions without generalizing or stereotyping on ethnic or racial grounds?

There are fairly "secure, stable multiethnic/multiracial" societies out there besides the U.S. - Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, Belgium and Switzerland all come to mind offhand.

Singapore isn't exactly a paradigm of democracy - rule by one party, headed by the Lee family since it's inception. Unfortunately for your thesis, free speech and multiculturalism are at odds with each other. Why doesn't Singapore have free speech? Why does it suppress any statements that it perceives as "threatening the social order"? Do you desire such laws in the U.S. also? Also - Why has there never been an ethnic Malay general in the armed forces of Singapore? Do you think it's irrational for the ethnic Chinese majority to question the loyalty of the Malays, especially since Singapore's most likely enemies in a military conflict (Malaysia and Indonesia) both have large populations of ethnic Malays?

Malaysia isn't quite a paradise either. Read up on various surveys conducted of the citizens there - most people have NO friends outside their racial/ethnic group. What about the affirmative action programs for the native Malays - the Bumiputras? The Chinese aren't exactly thrilled with that, since the Chinese dominate the universities academically, and are forced out of slots reserved for "Bumiputras".

Canada has a bit more social cohesion than the U.S., but it also lacks a large population of a certain racial group that the U.S. has. Ever wonder why Michael Moore never took the next step in questioning why Canada has fewer gun deaths from violent crime than the U.S.? Even Michael Moore knows that if you want to "one up" other white people, you have to play the game.

Belgium - Google "flemish separatists" to read up on how well Belgium is holding together

Switzerland - I'll concede this one, but Switzerland is pretty insignificant on the world stage. As Harry Lime says in the film "The Third Man" - "In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."

But why bother with facts, when you can simply scream "RACISM" or call your opponent a "Know-nothing immigrant basher".

I think this blog is great but I have to wince when some of the know-nothing immigrant-bashers come out in the comments section.

Hold on! I didn't say those countries were paradises, I said that multiple ethnic groups get along in them fairly well. "Diversity" does not automatically result in Rwandas or Palestines every time!

I didn't call anybody a racist, either. (You seem to be very defensive about this, but I won't draw any conclusions.)

Look, I don't even know what La Raza is, but I'm no slave to any ideology. I'm all for puncturing political correctness and mocking politicians' doublespeak, especially when they invoke it to mask real problems. But it's the problems and the doublespeak I'm opposed to, not diversity in and of itself.

Different kinds of people are here, they're not going away anytime soon. Isn't it better to try to include them, or at least not to alienate them with attacks on ethnic grounds? It's just possible that eventually some of them will come to care about our communities enough to help us preserve them.

I have no problem calling Eric's comments racist or ignorant. I guess Eric doesn't think this country should have let in all the Irish or Italian immigrants 80-150 years ago, when some of the existing residents considered Italians to be criminals and Irish to be low class.

I have no problem calling Eric's comments racist or ignorant. I guess Eric doesn't think this country should have let in all the Irish or Italian immigrants 80-150 years ago, when some of the existing residents considered Italians to be criminals and Irish to be low class.

Wow! So, if anyone points out the obvious flaws of diversity/multiculturalism, you automatically consider that "racism"! If someone highlights problems in various countries, you consider that "racism"! Where in any of my writings can you cite where I specifically attacked any ethnic/racial group? Perhaps you advocate establishing "reeducation camps" in Zimbabwe for "thought criminals" such as myself! Is this the "Year Zero"?

Just remember - when the P.C. speech codes are finally drafted, and the U.S. Constitution is ripped up and used for toilet paper by the "new order", you'll be one of the first ones placed "up against the wall" with a blind fold and a cigarette in your mouth, comrade!

Eric said that Canada has less violence and fewer gun crimes than the U.S. because it lacks a "certain racial group." You are blaming violence and gun crimes on race. Then you deny it. Not only are your comments racist, but you are intellectually dishonest.

Eric said that Canada has less violence and fewer gun crimes than the U.S. because it lacks a "certain racial group." You are blaming violence and gun crimes on race. Then you deny it. Not only are your comments racist, but you are intellectually dishonest.

What do the comparative crime statistics state, between the U.S. and Canada?

Or maybe you're insinuating that the statistics are "racist"?

No, you're being "intellectually dishonest"! Pay no attention to those statistics!

Maybe Canada has more restrictive gun laws, and racial demographics are wholly unrelated. Of course a racist thinker would automatically correlate race to everything without thinking of anything else. Remember the old saying- There are lies, damn lies and statistics!

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